The Council for Responsible Political Behaviour describes the local government campaign so far as largely peaceful.
It says as the campaign comes to an end, it can only be expected that all parties would continue to abide by the commitments they made when they signed the Code of Ethical Political Conduct.
However, it acknowledges there were several lapses and violations of the Code the most common indiscretion of which lay with the use of language which, at times, bordered on promoting divisiveness and even encouraging hatred, violence and resentment.
Alongside the challenge of appropriate language, there were instances where respect, tolerance, peace and harmony were not always upheld.